Hands On With DLO Nano Shell

Let me start by saying I’m not a “case” guy. I don’t put phones, iPods, PDAs, etc in them — everything ends up “naked” in a pocket or backpack. I choose to believe the exterior of a product is designed to protect the delicate electronics inside and I just won’t sweat a scratch or two. … Read more

Redbox Fifth Largest DVD Rental Company

Since Davis is on safari and I know how much he loves DVD rental kiosks, I figure I better cover the Redbox news on his behalf: “We are extremely proud to join the nation’s top five DVD renters and reinforce our leadership position in the automated DVD rental category,â€? said Gregg Kaplan, chief executive officer, … Read more

Lost Fans: “Dad In A Box”

Maybe Lost hasn’t jumped the shark after all… things haven’t been as bad since the Hurley-asteroid episode. But I haven’t made up my mind if I’m still watching because I really like the show or because I just want some answers. Anyways, for the Lost fans out there who are also fans of SNL and … Read more

TiVo Wants You On Broadband

As of March 1, Tivo dialed back the number of phone numbers available for daily guide data updates. Given our increasingly wired (and wireless) households, all the broadband features, and the occasional free TiVo adapter promotion… it’s obvious TiVo wants us to connect via the Internet. For those of you still using landlines and having … Read more

Picasa Web Albums: A Big Hit?

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I’ve received two online photo albums today from different friends of mine and both used Picasa Web Albums. I hadn’t told either of them about Picasa (though I’ve told lots of other folks about Picasa!)

While there hasn’t been a lot of coverage of it, my guess is that Picasa Web Albums is slowly becoming a gorilla in the online photo sharing space because of the quality of the Picasa client and because of it’s tight integration with Picasa Web Albums. I don’t have any basis for this claim other than 1) I keep coming across more people using Picasa and 2) I’m involved in product development and I think I can recognize a ‘hit’ product when I see one.

Quiet ‘hits’ — as in successful products and companies that aren’t spotlight-seeking and maybe aren’t even that ’sexy’ — are often the most interesting ones.

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Slinging With CBS

In case you didn’t catch the news yesterday, CBS is expanding their online video presence. Instead of funneling folks onto a single video site, they’re taking a different approach by providing CBS content to a variety of online destinations. We at Sling Media (my employer) are psyched to expand our relationship with CBS (see Clip+Sling) … Read more

Justin.TV Wastes Bandwidth

We knew it was going to happen. Exhibitionist Justin.TV ends up in a woman’s apartment… and sort of leaves the camera running. I find the whole thing absurd. Which is why The Truman Show is one of my favorite flicks. Really, the only interesting factoid here is that it took ten years to evolve into … Read more

Video of the Day: ShoeTube

Yeah it’s fake, but this USB-powered dancing shoe is quite clever and the 23 second video is fun. Though the dude should have put it on Revver or Metcafe, instead of YouTube, to make a couple bucks (assuming those sites pay out in Argentina). (via Engadget)